2015 Beaune Les Tuvilains

The 2015 Beaune 1er Cru Teuvillans, which comes from the Pommard side of the appellation, has a lifted bouquet with blackcurrant and raspberry scents, a touch of chalk, the 40% whole bunch neatly integrated here. The palate is medium-bodied with a pleasant chewiness on the entry, quite saline in the mouth with a structured, but very focused and fresh finish. This is a very well-crafted premier cru that will end up towards the top of my banded score.

(40% vendange entier ; from clay soil with a lot of rocky limestone): Palish red. Much more decadent on the nose than the Marchand-Tawse wines from the Côte de Nuits, offering aromas of strawberry, smoke and earth. Supple, smoky and adamantly dry in the mouth, with a distinctly saline quality and good energetic minerality. Finishes with slightly tough tannins and a touch of dryness.